1802 Blogs

At the start of any relationship, there are love letters, there are fireworks, and birds singing. In 2008, we celebrated our 10th anniversary by buying one another the traditional gift of “tin”. The reason we had to cash in our life savings and take out a half-million dollar mortgage was because the “tin” happened […]

Last winter there was so little snow that the 20 or so inches blanketing the village right now hardly seem like a nuisance. Take a wintery stroll with us down Main Street. Wish you were here! Want to join us for a wintery walk around the farm? Click here

Every Boxing Day (December 26th) we have a Raclette Party at Beekman 1802 Farm to celebrate all of the folks we’ve worked with over the past year. (To read more about our tradition, click here.) This year’s Raclette started roughly the same time a winter storm set in. (Eight inches so far, and still falling.) […]

The New York State Historical Association Cooperstown, located in Otsego County, some 23 miles to the southwest of Sharon Springs (not the way the crow flies!), is known far and wide for various attractions. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is located there, drawing many tourists. In an earlier blog we wrote […]

Our Moms taught us to always write “thank you” notes after receiving a gift. We met a lot of people traveling over 25,000 miles through 9 countries before winning The Amazing Race. And every single person who cheered us along, helped with directions, hugged us, gave us water, shared their food, sold […]

The first scene ever filmed for the Fabulous Beekman Boys involved us walking through the goat pasture. As if PolkaSpot said to herself, “There’s a film crew in my barn. This is my star-making chance!”, she decided to play dead. And a star WAS born. She’s gone on to have her picture in People […]

From artist Jesse Freidin “Last Winter I was invited by Josh and Brent to photograph the incredible craftspeople of their B. 1802 Aritst Collective. After having spent many Summer hours on the Beekman farm photographing Farmer John, his goats and Polka Spot, I was excited to turn my lens on the people of Sharon […]